Intro
Solo, played along with same notes one octave up (slow):
e|-6-5---------------------|
B|-----6-5-----------------|
G|---------5-7-------------|
D|-------------8-7---------|
A|-----------------8-7---5-|
E|---------------------8---|
With background arpeggio:
e|--------------------0-------|
B|-------3--------3-----3---3-|
G|---3--------------3-----3---| x4
D|-----3--------3-------------|
A|-1--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G Dm7
Have mercy on a fool like me
A F#m7
My eyes were open but I just couldn't see
F Am Am7 Am E7 E
The way the world works without honesty, honest-ly, I was blind
[Verse 2]
G Dm7
All my heroes have been laid to rest
A F#m7
And all my idols I have come to possess
F Am Am7 Am E7 E
And I'm still looking for some true happiness in my heart, oh...
[Chorus 1]
Em7 F#m7
Nothing here is certain
Bm A G
We chase a shadow of our own dream's design
D E F#m7 E
And wonder why it takes so lo-ng
D E F#m
And wonder just where we went wrong
Bm A G
We hold a candle in the wind to light our way
[Verse 3]
G Dm7
Go lightly in your judgement please
A F#m7
I didn't know the world was filled with such greed
F Am Am7 Am E7 E
I'm only asking let your heart intercede, and I know they still exist
[Verse 4]
G Dm7
They say you learn something new every day
A F#m7
I want to learn to forget all this dismay
F Am Am7 Am E7 E
At finding out the way that some folks play, only they's gonna win...
[Chorus 2]
Em7 F#m7
Nothing here is sacred
Bm A G
The golden calf we worshipped has fallen from its shrine
D E F#m7 E
And left us standing here stranded
D E F#m
Our only hope's to abandon
Bm A G
These foolish dreams that we've pursued for far too long
G
Have mercy, have mercy ...